Bentley Systems Announces Availability of Chinese Translation of Water Loss Reduction
BEIJING – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that its Bentley Institute Press publication, Water Loss Reduction, is now available in Chinese. Water Loss Reduction, written by a group of industry experts from all over the world, provides comprehensive, state-of-the-art technical knowledge and holistic approaches for addressing water loss in urban water systems. The book examines water loss...
PCI Announces the Release of the PCI Design Handbook: Precast and Prestressed Concrete, Eighth Edition
CHICAGO – The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) is announcing the release of the PCI Design Handbook: Precast and Prestressed Concrete, eighth edition. It is now available for purchase through the PCI online bookstore. The PCI Design Handbook: Precast and Prestressed Concrete, eighth edition, provides easy-to-follow design procedures, numerical examples, and both new and updated design aids using Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-14) and Commentary (ACI 3...
South Korea Agency for Defense Development Selects SimActive
Montreal, Canada, January 16th, 2018 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that the Republic of Korea Agency for Defense Development (ADD) has selected Correlator3D™. Their use of the software will include processing UAV and satellite imagery. The transaction was facilitated through a SimActive partner in the region, GeoFocus Inc. “The software was originally developed for military clients, which is reflected in the processing spee...
WRT is Proud to Announce the Acquisition of Loprest Water Treatment Company
ARVADA, Colo., Jan. 15, 2018 - Water Remediation Technology (WRT) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Loprest Water Treatment Company (Loprest). Based in Northern California, Loprest specializes in water filtration, and treatment processes for the removal of iron and manganese, arsenic, nitrate and other contaminants. With hundreds of installations throughout California and the world, Loprest has provided reliable, durable, and cost-effective water treatment solutions for over ninet...
Voyants Solutions Optimizes Urban Regeneration Planning for Informal Settlements in Agatare, Rwanda
Leveraging Bentley Technology Shortens Delivery Schedule and Reduces Implementation Costs Amid Difficult Terrain and Failing Infrastructure Urbanization for Informal Settlements The Rwanda Ministry of Infrastructure retained Voyants Solutions (Voyants), as part of a consulting consortium to help facilitate the government’s master plan to modernize Rwanda’s infrastructure. Aligned with its vision to sustain more diversified and resilient sources of growth and increase urbanization from...
Woolpert Awarded Part of $610M FEMA Contract to Support Disaster Relief
DAYTON, Ohio - Woolpert will provide technical engineering and architecture resources under a five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance Technical Assistance Contract (PA TAC) IV, which has a ceiling value of $610 million. Serco Inc., the prime contractor, is a professional, technology and management services provider. Serco has partnered with Woolpert to evaluate and assess damage and needed repairs to public infrastructure a...
Simmons Pump Acquires Simflo Pumps To Create New Combined Company
LUBBOCK, Texas - Simmons Pump LLC (Simmons) and Simflo Pumps Inc. (Simflo), two of the nation's top providers of industrial, agriculture, and municipal-use pumps, have merged. Effective today, the two companies will combine business operations throughout Q1 2018. The combined company will be privately held and operate under the SIMFLO name and brand. David Pickering, Jay Pickering, Don Pickering, and Gene Alexander (currently of Simmons) have been named executive officers of the new SIMFLO. ...
Atlas Copco to Acquire Australian Mining Service Business
Stockholm, Sweden: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has agreed to acquire the assets of Hy-Performance Fluid Power Pty Ltd, an Australian service provider for mining and infrastructure. Hy-Performance Fluid Power is based in Brisbane, with sales mainly in Australia. The company provides remanufacturing, service and repair of hydraulic components for drill rigs. It has 26 employees and had revenues of MAUD 7.5 (MSEK 50) in the fiscal year ending June 30,...
Cooperative Energy Selects New Wärtsilä 31SG Engine Technology for Power Generation in the USA
The technology group Wärtsilä will deliver a 22.7 MW Smart Power Generation plant under a full Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract to Cooperative Energy, a member-owned electric cooperative based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The project will consist of two gas-fired Wärtsilä 31SG engines, the first order for the world’s most efficient gas engine. The plant located in Benndale, Miss., will provide valuable grid support for renewable integration for the Cooperative Energy system...
VolkerWessels and Trimble Working Together to Drive BIM Technology Innovation
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and VolkerWessels, a leading construction firm and global player in the field of information and communications technologies, announced today a strategic relationship to standardize VolkerWessels’ projects on a key set of Trimble construction technologies. The collaboration is designed to leverage each company’s core capabilities to advance innovations in Building Information Management (BIM) technology and improve the management and predictability of bui...
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